This is an example of you being anti-oil because you dont like any use of oil even in poor countries looking to advance their societies.
I said that petro-states usually fail to help their full populace, and that Guyana needed to study Norway's model because they're one of the few who have done it right.
You're claiming I am, I quote, "Against any form of the oil industry."
Saying that petro-states usually fail (but not always) is not the same as saying I'm against all forms of the oil industry. So you lied.
And your example of resource curses was about DOMESTIC political corruption, not trans-national military conflicts.
You are outright lying again.
The EXACT comment you quoted from me says that corruption, political divisions, FOREIGN INTERFERENCE, environmental destruction, and INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT were risks that Guyana faced with this oil discovery.
Why would you lie and claim I had only mentioned domesitic corruption?
5/6 of your arguments were about domestic issues. You only threw in that foreign line just to pretend to have a fully fleshed out argument but your entire post history in this thread and others are about how Middle East and African countries fukked up with corruption and poor development compared to countries like Norway.
I know this tactic when I see it. It’s your way of trying to evade future criticism by claiming to be on the record on all sides of an argument.
This is embarrassing.
So you first claim I didn't say it, now you're admitting that I did say it, but that it shouldn't count cause you don't want it to?
First off, I named two domestic issues (corruption and political division) and two international issues (foreign interference and potential for future conflicts). Environmental destruction is both domestic and international. Why lie and claim it was some totally domestic-focused argument just to avoid my clear prediction of shyt like this?
Second, are you seriously trying to claim that I've never talked about imperialist nations fukking with countries who have oil, in the EXACT same thread where you already posted a tweet accusing anti-imperialists of complaining about imperialist nations fukking with countries who have oil?
Pretend I've never talked about US interference in Iran for their oil, liar. Pretend I've never said that the US wars in Iraq were related to the fact they have oil, liar. Pretend I never said that greedy westerners, opportunistic asians, and rival neighbors were all threats to Congo in their resource trap, liar. Pretend I'm unaware of Iraq invading Kuwait or major international terrorist groups targeting oil drillers for profit, liar.
